Rail-joint.



F. F. BENSON.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12. I918.

Patented Feb. 25, 1919-.

u I 6 vwwltoz 5 6 /72 50 72/ v FRED F. BENSON, 0F GALATA, MONTANA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25,1919.

Application filed February 12, 1918. Serial No. 216,746.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED F. BENSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Galata, in the county of Toole and State of Montana,'have invented new and useful Improvements'in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for connecting the alining ends of railway rails to produce a perfect joint therebetween, so that danger of tilting, creeping, sinking or lat eral movement between the rails will be effectively prevented, but wherein the limited longitudinal movement incident to the expansion and contraction of the rails will not be impaired.

I accomplish the foregoing objects, and others which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood by a con struction, combination and operative arrangement of parts set forth in the following description and falling within the scope of what is claimed.

In the drawings 2-- Figure 1 isa perspective view of a rail joint in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view 7 through the same.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the rail ends.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the tie plates.

In the drawings the rails are indicated by the numeral 5, and the ties on which the rails rest, by the numeral 6. r

The rails 5 are both of a similar construction, having their body portions formed in the usual manner to provide each with a head 7, a base 8 and a connecting web 9 between the head and base. Each of the rails, at a suitable distance from the end thereof has welded thereto a longitudinally arranged outwardly extending bar 10. The bar 10 on one of the rails is, of course, disposed on the side thereof opposite that of the bar of the coacting rail, so that when the rails are assembled the bars will bereceived in the fishing spaces of the respective coacting rails.

As clearly shown by the drawlngs, each of the bars 10 is of a width or thickness equaling the distance between oneface of V the web of the rail and the upper edge of the base flange 8 opposite the said web, but

each of the bars or blocks 10 is reduced at the upper and outer corner thereof, the inner walls 11 provided by the said reduced portion being arranged flush with the side of a head 7 of the rail. 7

The bars or blocks 10, at the portions thereof welded to the rails, and also at the portions thereof extend outwardly of the rails are provided with transverse openings, certain of which being elongated, and certain of which also communicating with similar openings in the webs of the rails. These openings aline when the rail ends are brought together and receive the usual bolts 12 which are provided with the securing nuts 13. In some instances, the nuts and bolts may be dispensed with and the rail ends held together by lugs 14 formed adj acent the outer edges of tie plates 15. Two of these tie plates are employed, one for each of the rails, each of the tie plates resting on two of the ties 6, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The lugs 14 are beveled at the upper surfaces thereof and are provided with openings 16 through which are passed the shanks of spikes 17 that enter the ties 6 and hold the lugs in contact with the outer and straight faces 18 of the bars or blocks 10.

By forming the bars or blocks 10, as disclosed by the drawings, each of the said blocks is so shaped that the same may be received in the fishing space to either side of a rail and-may be welded to either of the rails. The inner face of the block is not subjected to a welding heat, but the upper and lower surfaces thereof are subjected to such a degree of heat. The thickness of the head and the foot or base of the rails is such that heat applied thereto will not penetrate entirely through the head and base to a degree which will affect the nature of the steel of which the rail is formed. The wedge shape block, when forced in the fishing space of the rail only slightly contacts with the web thereof, so that no pressure need be applied against the opposite face of the web, such pressure'being undesirable as the same would reduce the thickness of the web, and consequently two such rails could not be brought to proper alinement.

to the flanges of wheels of rolling stock, and it is believed, from the foregoin description when taken in connection wit the draw- The 7 straight shoulders 11 not projecting beyond the side of the rail head offer noobstruction further detailed description. 7 7

It is to be understoo'dfthat While I have illustrated and described the bars or blocks 10 as being welded to the rails, such blocks may be integrally formed with the rails in the construction of the said rails.

What is claimed as new is In combination with two abutting rails and ties on which the rails rest, of blocks in the opposite fishing spaces of the respective rails, welded thereto and projecting beyond the end thereof, said blocks being of a width equaling the distance between the side of the web and the edge of the base flange of the rails, each of said blocks having its upper and outer corner reduced providing an inner straight wall flush with the sides of the FRED F. BENSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner 0! Patents. I

Washington, D. G. Y 

